One Part of a Manufacturing Process for Metal Products Involves

question 15

Essay

One part of a manufacturing process for metal products involves tumbling the parts in an abrasive,and the noise in the area of this operation is measured at 94 dBA.An acoustics engineering firm has designed a barrier for enclosing this operation that engineers claim will attenuate the absolute sound pressure by 50%.If the claim is correct,calculate the new noise level in dBA generated by this operation.

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